The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-17
Court Proceedings.

The following BUSINESS was transacted at
Court last week after our paper had gone to
press:
Commonwealth VS.. Joseph Noel, Abram
Noel, Ida Noel and Mary Eckenrode. Re
sisting an officer. Jury failed to agree, and
| were discharged.
Commonwealth VS. Joseph Daley Bur
glary. Jury found defendant not guilty.
Common wealth VS.. Simon Lichty. Lar
ceny. Jury found defendant not guilty.
Commonwealth VS.. George Grub. Bur
glary and Larceny. Jury found him guilty
/ of Larceny.
Commonwealth VS.. James L. Mitchell.
John McGovern and Peter McGovern. Por-
chile entry and detainer. Continued.
Commonwealth VS.. Henry Craig and Mary
Craig. Keeping a disorderly house. De
PENDANTS plead guilty and were sentenced to
pay the costs and undergo an Imprisonment
in the county Jail for the term Of two months.
( The case of the Commonwealth VS.. Joseph
I Wilson, charged with the killing of Mike
/ Cusma, at GalltZin. was reached on Friday
morning. District Attorney. Harry G. Rose
Esq, for the Commonwealth, and Donald
z Dufton, Esq. for the defendant. The
.
ed as jurors:
Alexander Murphy, Adams Township;
George NJ. Wertz. StoDycreek Township;
Emanuel Louder, Reade Township Syl-
vesteT E. DOnmyer. franklin Borough
Chas. Wilson. Conemaugh Township; Chas.
Shaffer, Stonycreek Township James j.
Kaylor, Allegheny Township; Josiah J.
Blough. JohnstOwn s. 5. Walters, East
Conemaugh; David Holsinger. Richland
Township John McAnulty, Susquekanna
Township, Jacob Thomas, Elder Township.
The testimony of Thomas Munroe, at
whose store the shooting took place. gives
the facts substantially in the case. ard was
as follows
II am proprietor Of a store in CaIlitzin: was
there on the 25th Of March last when this trouble
occurred on the evening Of the 26th Of March
the two Wilson brothers. William and Joseph,
came into the store about o'clock Joe sat on a
table that was in the of the store and VIII
lam stood in the by the door; shortly after
ward three Hungarians came in-Mike Kusma,
Bodock, and don't remember the name OF tie
other one; the one called godock got
To talking TO William Wilson. and both Of them
were pretty full Of liquor and they talked pretty
loud / went and told the Hungarians to stop
swearing and not 10 talk loud OF would have
10 put them out; when / turned TO 20 back 10
wait on some one, Joe Wilson said 10 his brother
Let the id Hungarian 20 TO he'll or Let the
id fool 20 to hell or some such expression;
BOdock turned around and spoke TO Joe but l
didn't notice that, as walked back to the desk
TO charge some goods.
The next thing heard was a blow and a fall
and l turned around and I saw Bodock lying on
the floor; then Mike Kusma used some such
Pressions as Who 20 TO hell- Ne 70 to helI7' and
he grabbed p frying pan that was lying a stove
there and went after Joe Wilson didn 7 see the
shot fired, but heard the report and saw the
smoke the Hun kept following him up with the
pan; was behind the desk. but 1 could see ;he
revolver in Joe's hand and he raised IT up a sec
ond time. and called 70 him TO put the revolver
down. and he let his hand drop; then he raised it
again, and ! called TO him TO drop that revolver,
and then l called to the Hungarian to drop the
Try ing pan he dropped then, with he frying pan
on the floor there. and in about two minutes he
was dead; the whole thing done quick that
you could hardly keep track Of it; the one that
was knocked down was the butty OF the one
that was KILLED didn't see Wilson pull the re-
voIver.
When the shot was fred his back was partly
to me when Kusma fell he six or eight feet
rom ice the persons in the store at the time
were Hiram Smith, a boy named William Smith,
another Hungarian beside the one knocked down
and the one that was shot, my son, myself, and
William Wilson and Joe; William was a good
way from Joe at the time OF the shooting; when
the ungarian started for Joe he was about the
middle OF the store on the north side; there was
way by which he might have got out Of the store
without going past the Hungarian; there is a
; door at the rear Of the store; there was q table
and some stoves standing in the middle Of the
store between Kusma and Joe. and think Kusma
went through between the stoves when he went
afFar h
tgrn ed around and his brother Bill pulled him
out and they went away"
The evidence was closed, and the Attor-
ney's concluded their remarks to the jury
before the adjournment of Court on Friday
evening
On Saturday morning Court called at nine
O'Clock, and Judge Johnston delivered his
charge to the jury. The jury retired, and
after being out an hour returned with yer
dict of " Guilty of MansIaughter.'
A motion for a new trial, and in Arrest of
Judgment was made by the defendants At
torney.
SECOND WEEK.
The motion for new trial IL the Wilson
homicide case was heard. and refused by the
Court, and the defendant sentenced to un-
dergo an imprisonment in the Western Pen
itentiary for a term of three years.
The Court appointed G. T. Frazer, Henry
Adams. and William Riblett viewers to view
the location for bridge over the Cone
mauGa at Coopersdaie.
Mrs Lydia Sanders VS.. Bridget Mellon, ct.
al Dismissed at costs of plaintiffs.
Hipps and Lloyd Us. John LaDtzy, ct. al.
Trespsss, etc. Continued by consent.
Elizabeth Kunsman VS.. Cyrus Hallen,
Garnishee. Scire Facias. Jury find for the
defendant
Peter BOland VS.. James Wilson, ct. al.
Ejectment. Jury find for the plaintiff the